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Jason RosenbaumMore than two years after narrowly losing a bid for the top job in St. Louis County government, Rick Stream is slated to become one of the most powerful elections officials in Missouri. The St. Louis County Board of Elections Commissioners tapped Stream to serve as the Republican elections director. Two directors from each major political party are in charge of running the day-to-day operations of county elections board. But because Stream shares the same party with incoming Republican Gov. Eric Greitens, he’ll technically be in charge of the state’s largest elections jurisdiction.Elections Commissioners pick Stream as GOP director for St. Louis Countyhttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/elections-commissioners-pick-stream-gop-director-st-louis-county
55157 as http://news.stlpublicradio.orgFri, 30 Dec 2016 19:13:57 +0000Elections Commissioners pick Stream as GOP director for St. Louis CountyJason RosenbaumSt. Louis County’s Republican election chief will likely retire later this year. During this week’s meeting of the county’s Board of Election Commissioners, GOP Elections director Gary Fuhr announced that he was planning to retire. It came as commissioners mulled over whether to punish anybody for ballot shortages at more than 60 polling places earlier this month. (A Democratic director and a Republican director run the elections board. Whichever director shares the governor's party typically is in charge.)St. Louis County's GOP elections chief plans to retire this yearhttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-countys-gop-elections-chief-plans-retire-year
52154 as http://news.stlpublicradio.orgThu, 21 Apr 2016 19:20:30 +0000St. Louis County's GOP elections chief plans to retire this yearJason RosenbaumThe St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners suspended its top official, a move that comes after dozens of polling places ran out of ballots during this month’s municipal elections. After the four-person election board went into closed session on Tuesday, it voted to suspend Democratic director Eric Fey for two weeks without pay. Commissioners also suspended elections coordinator Laura Goebel without pay for one week. The board did not exert any punishment against Republican director Gary Fuhr.St. Louis County election board suspends top director for ballot blunderhttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-county-election-board-suspends-top-director-ballot-blunder
52118 as http://news.stlpublicradio.orgWed, 20 Apr 2016 02:22:12 +0000St. Louis County election board suspends top director for ballot blunderMarshall GriffinA commission tasked with redrawing State Senate districts in Missouri has thrown in the towel and will allow a panel of judges to do the job. The main sticking point was over the 24 th Senate District in St. Louis County . Despite an approximate 59 percent Democratic population, the seat is held by a Republican, Senator John Lamping. The Democrats on the redistricting commission, including Chairman Doug Harpool, cited population shifts for seeking to eliminate Lampings district and create a new one in southwestern Missouri.Mo. Senate redistricting panel gives up, will let judges redraw maphttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/mo-senate-redistricting-panel-gives-will-let-judges-redraw-map
1880 as http://news.stlpublicradio.orgTue, 16 Aug 2011 20:46:22 +0000Mo. Senate redistricting panel gives up, will let judges redraw map